CGTalk - Combustion 2 and DV

DeBreen

08-24-2002, 08:08 PM

Hello all,

I have one newbie question for you.I notced that combustion is unable to import files captured from my miniDV camera.
It tells me CODEC not supported even I know the codec is there, its Microsoft DV codec or I`m wrong?

Please help:scream:

Chris

08-25-2002, 05:09 AM

Combustion2 cant read Microsoft DV codec, its because its directshow or something I think, & C2 doesnt support directshow codecs. You need to convert to some other codec first (I use Quicktime -> Animation set on 'best')

fred

08-25-2002, 05:32 PM

i don´t know if this also works with windows but on a mac i use the quicktime dv codec and everything works fine, you can even capture the material directly from combustion?

cdinic

08-25-2002, 09:44 PM

hey chris,

I heard the animation codec is just a targa sequence, origonaly created by some major animation studio to move large sequences in a single file.

have you heard anything?

-Chris

DeBreen

08-26-2002, 02:41 PM

I was thinking maybe there is some kind of plugin or patch that fix this prob....

Chris

08-26-2002, 08:29 PM

@Cdinic - I hadent heard that, but it makes sense. The files are losslessly compressed like TGA's & can have alpha channels like TGA's - its just easier to manage when all frames are together in one file...

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